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In article <870077@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, cnc@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Chris Christensen) writes:

> >below that there are such subdirectories as:
> >
> >   PD2:<MACINTOSH.APPL>
> >   PD2:<MACINTOSH.COMM>
> >....etc

> How can I list directories?
> In other words, how can I fill in the ...etc in the above on any given 

I assume, that what you are asking is "how can I list THE NAMES of directories"
...and that you are not interested in listing the names of files contained
in the directory (let me take this opportunity to DISCOURAGE people from
listing directories via FTP-connections as they are VERY-VERY slow and
tedious to wait for - and often cannot be interupted ... which is the reason
why SUMEX and SIMTEL have files containing recent complete directory-listings
for you to FTP-GET to your machine and peruse locally ...)

I had asked some DEC20/FTP people around here what commands would list both
files and file-sizes as well as the names of subdirectories and never got
an answer to it.  I guess, if the folks at SIMTEL would use different
protection settings on the subdirectories, one could see them when listing
a directory - but, alas, they haven't done that;  maybe that would compromise
the security somehow ??!!  (Anyway, I had mentioned the problem to SIMTEL some
months ago myself)

Fortunately, there is a way to learn the information you are looking
for:  simply use FTP and GET the 2 files with the index of all the directories.
on your local machine you can then do a search for  "PD2:<"  which will list
all the DIRECTORY-names ....  

you could write a little note with your question to POSTMASTER@SIMTEL20.arpa
and, who knows, there may be a way to set up things "right" ...
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